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Latitude organisers have today announced the line-up for their 10th edition which takes place Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th July 2015 at Henham Park, Suffolk. Ten years ago Latitude Festival creator Melvin Benn set out to rewrite the festival rulebook, showing that music lovers could also be culture lovers, by creating the UK’s first multi-arts boutique festival set out to ...

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh have announced this morning that Mary Poppins will return to the UK and Ireland on a brand new tour which will open at Leicester Curve on Tuesday 13th October 2015. Cameron Mackintosh said today “It’s hard to believe that it is already 11 years since Mary Poppins first landed on the London stage. My goodness……time flies ...

Scottish Opera is set to prove yet again that you are never too young to enjoy music with its exciting new interactive show KidO. Building on the phenomenal success of BabyO and SensoryO, the much loved, sell-out productions for babies and toddlers, Scottish Opera brings KidO to another young audience of 3-4 year olds and their carers. This enchanting musical adventure ...

The Arches in Glasgow have announced the programme for BEHAVIOUR 2015: their annual festival of live performance, providing a snapshot of today’s mould-breaking international and UK artistic talent. Now in its sixth year, the anything-goes festival sets its sights on the future, with an exciting roster of performers poised to provoke. With the General Election on the horizon, political futures will ...

Colchester’s Mercury Theatre has today announced plans for a £580,000 improvement to the Essex venue. It will be the largest investment in the venue since it opened in 1972. The work will see the theatre make major improvements to its studio space, a move that will see the capacity increased as well as upgrades to the air-conditioning and disabled access ...

Lead casting has been announced for the London transfer of the musical Elf. Ben Forster, Joe McGann and Jessica Martin, who all starred in the sold-out UK and Ireland premieres of Elf in Plymouth and Dublin in December 2014, will play the roles of Buddy, Walter Hobbs and Emily Hobbs respectively. Kimberley Walsh will be making her debut in Elf ...

It’s been rumoured for a while but producers today have finally confirmed that The UK premiere of award-winning musical Kinky Boots, will open in the West End on 15 September at the Adelphi Theatre, with previews from 21 August 2015. With a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, and direction and ...

The Edinburgh Easter Play is set to mark its tenth year with a profound new perspective on the Easter story. Scripted by writer and journalist Susan Mansfield, this year's performance casts the spotlight on the women in the margins of the Bible, as the story of Jesus' death and resurrection is seen through the eyes of the often-overlooked characters around ...